Joseph Whitehouse: May 26, 1805

a clear pleasant morning. we Set off eairly and proceeded
on. with the towing line under high bluffs which make near
the River on each Side & are verry Steep & barron. Some
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Spots of pine, but the most of the knobs and river hills wash
by rains. passed ‘high Clifts of Sand Stone on each Side.
passed Several Creeks which appeared to be large, Some on
each Side. passed Several Small Islands in the river. Some
of the hunters killed 2 mountain Sheep or Ibex as Cap! Clark
calls them which were running along in flocks where the bluffs
were to appearence nearly perpenticular we Suppose they
keep on high Steep clifts & bluffs & mountains in order to
keep out of the reach of other larger animals they are verry
Suple & run verry fast. one of these Ibex which was killed to
day, had verry large horns. the head & horns weighed 27
pounds, one of the hunters killed a hare which weighed 81%
pounds. we proceeded on with the towing. lines all day
towards evening we Came to a rapid place in the river, where
the hills made close on each Side & high clifts of rocks. this
rapid had considerable of a fall, which gave us Some trouble to
git over our crafts but by towing & waiding in the water &
holding the canoes from filling in the waves, we all got Safe
over by dark, and Camped on the S. Side below.a Small prarie
Is! at a Small bottom of timber where their was Several old
Indian Camps. Cap! Lewis & one of the hunters killed 2
buffaloe. we Came 22 miles this day.